ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,557, issued on April 29, was assigned to HUMANITY LIFE EXTENSION LLC (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Systems and methods for treating blood" was invented by Patrick Richard Spearman (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a system may treat blood outside the body of a patient. The system may include one or more pumps configured to pump blood in a fluid flow path at a collective rate over 5 liters per minute. The system may include one or more heat exchangers operable to heat at least a portion of the blood to a temperature of at least 42 degrees Celsius and to allow the blood to cool one or more degre...